--- ---  # Leonard Nimoy's Life in Memorium  by [Cubie King](https://time.com/author/cubie-king/)  ## Cubie King Feb 27, 2015 7:23 PM UTC  In Memoriam: Leonard Nimoy In Memoriam: Leonard NimoyGetty Images  by [Cubie King](https://time.com/author/cubie-king/)  ## Cubie King Feb 27, 2015 7:23 PM UTC Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock on _Star Trek_, died Friday. He was 83 and had lung disease. “I loved him like a brother,” said William Shatner, who starred alongside Nimoy as Captain Kirk. “We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love.” Watch his life in memorium above. ### See Leonard Nimoy's Long and Prosperous Life in Photos  Leonard Nimoy in The Outer Limits in 1964. ABC/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy with wife Sandra Zober attend an event in Los Angeles,Calif. in 1966. Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy, circa 1968. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in season 3 of Star Trek in 1968. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy as Paris and Lee Meriwether as Tracey in Mission Impossible in 1969. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy in Catlow, 1971. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy in The Alpha Caper in 1973 Everett  NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from Star Trek in 1976\. From left: NASA Administrator Dr. James D. Fletcher; DeForest Kelley, who portrayed Dr. "Bones" McCoy on the series; George Takei (Mr. Sulu); James Doohan (Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott); Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura); Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock); series creator Gene Roddenberry; an unnamed NASA official; and, Walter Koenig (Ensign Pavel Chekov). NASA  Leonard Nimoy hosts The Unexplained in 1976. Everett  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 1984. Paramount/Everett  Leonard Nimoy guest stars in The Big Bang Theory. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy guest stars on Fringe Fox  Leonard Nimoy and Luke Wilson, presenters during 5th Annual TV Land Awards - Show at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. in 2007. Chris Polk—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy guest stars as Mr. Spock in Star Trek in 2009. Paramount Leonard Nimoy Dead: Spock's Life in Memorium ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3726573/leonard-nimoy-dead-in-memorium/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3726573/leonard-nimoy-dead-in-memorium/"},"headline":"Leonard Nimoy's Life in Memorium","datePublished":"2015-02-27T19:23:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:20.310Z","description":"Live long and prosper","url":"https://time.com/3726573/leonard-nimoy-dead-in-memorium/","keywords":["Leonard Nimoy","obituary","video","Star Trek"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt342992e875934de9/69878173524fc04aa1decb06/nimoy-tout-01.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cubie King","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cubie-king/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt342992e875934de9/69878173524fc04aa1decb06/nimoy-tout-01.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In Memoriam: Leonard Nimoy","caption":"In Memoriam: Leonard Nimoy","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/leonard-nimoy/","name":"Leonard Nimoy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3726573/leonard-nimoy-dead-in-memorium/","name":"Leonard Nimoy's Life in Memorium"}}]}] ```